This week Paul signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment again to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.

Cross-party letter calls for Theresa May to rule out No Deal in the event her negotiated deal is rejected.

Well done Caroline Spelman and Jack Dromey, cross-party, for organising this letter signed by 218 MPs who are really concerned about a crash-out, roll the dice, ‘no deal’ exit from our 45 year partnership with our neighbours on the European continent...

NHS Long Term Plan Announcement

Local Labour MP Paul Farrelly singled out the influence on him of one of his teachers at his old school in Newcastle-under-Lyme during the second day of debates on the Government’s withdrawal deal with the European Union.

Newcastle’s MP responds to BBC Newsnight

I was away at the weekend and have only now seen the Newsnight broadcast this morning. It is, however, as similarly unfair and unbalanced as the written piece on the BBC website. I spent a week dealing with accusations from Newsnight, which are essentially recycled material from a Mail on Sunday story in 2012.

Perhaps the most crucial Commons vote in Paul's near 16 years in the House took place yesterday evening. Speaking at 8.06pm the previous night, Paul set out the reasons for his intention to vote against the Government's EU Withdrawal Bill after waiting seven and a half hours in the chamber for his turn. So many MPs, naturally, wanted to speak in these two hasty, all-too-short days of debate - forced on a grudging Government by the UK's Supreme Court - that they were only allowed 6 minutes each on this crucial issue for our nation's future. You can read the full text of Paul's speech here.